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I watched one of Mrknifefanatic's videos today and when he started the sharpening on a 500 grit stone he ran the edge along the stone first. He was doing a review on a set of stone so not sure if he did this to make sure he had a dull edge to start the review or if this is a common way to start the sharpening process. Any insight?

Jason B.

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:30 am

Joined: Tue May 29, 2012 12:29 amPosts: 1285

Sharpening a sharp knife is easy so by cutting into the stone and dulling the knife it shows actual progress.

bgentry

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:52 pm

Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:00 pmPosts: 39

Cliff Stamp calls this "destressing the edge". He does it as a normal part of sharpening. His idea, as I understand it, is that cutting into the stone removes metal at the edge that was weak and "stressed" by being used for cutting. Removing it reveals fresh metal that's ready to be ground into a new edge.

There's probably some merit to this idea as Cliff seems to be very knowledgeable about edges, sharpening, cutting performance, etc.

Brian.

Jason B.

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:30 pm

Joined: Tue May 29, 2012 12:29 amPosts: 1285

Lol, Cliff Stamp

Jared08

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:02 am

Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:34 pmPosts: 164

If you sharpen using the burr method you are going to grind in to new steel anyways. I find this step unneeded.

But iin MKF's vid, its done to show cutting speed on a blunted edge.

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pjwoolw

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:36 am

Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:14 amPosts: 603Location: San Ramon Ca.

I'm sure Mr. Stamp is a very knowledgeable fellow. I've never been able to figure out what he is really trying to say. Could be me I suppose.

_________________Pete in San Ramon

franzb69

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:50 am

Joined: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:29 amPosts: 625Location: Philippines

in any kitchen knife forum i've been in, cliff stamp has been pretty much ridiculed. there's probably a reason why.

=D

DullBlade

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:53 am

Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:30 pmPosts: 25

I thought it was me too. I found deciphering Cliff Stamp's posts similar to trying to decipher Dave Martel's posts. I found Dave's gibberish sometimes to be more humorous than Cliff's. The humorous screen name, Cliff Stamp, does not inspire confidence; The name DullBlade doesn't inspire confidence either.

me2

Post subject: Re: Starting a new edge?

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:04 am

Joined: Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:52 pmPosts: 11

I used to cut into the stone so I knew I had an even starting point along the whole edge, to try to prevent one section from getting sharp ahead of the others. The family kitchen knife set (a wedding gift) frequently needs a couple of refreshing passes to remove tiny amounts of damage from the dishwasher and from being used on a glass "cutting board." I've also seen some village sharpeners do the edge cutting into the stone on those bicycle powered wheel sharpeners. FWIW, I've been able to get disturbing edges on some knives following Cliff's destress, shape, deburr, & hone method, in a very short time, even on knives that have given me trouble in the past.

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